NANJING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a large-scale site dating back to the Neolithic Age in Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, relevant experts announced at a seminar on Tuesday.

The ruins were first found in 2021 in the Tangbei relic site by the archaeological institute of Suzhou. The site covers a total area of approximately 200,000 square meters, according to archaeologists from the institute.

From March to July this year, excavation was carried out in an area of 1,000 square meters. More than 700 sets of cultural relics dating back to the Neolithic Age and the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911) have been unearthed, including stone artifacts, jade wares, potteries, bronze wares, etc.

In addition to the cultural relics, the team of archaeologists also found remains of some houses, ditches, rice fields and tombs.

For a long time, the Suzhou area lacked archaeological evidence for the time between the Liangzhu Culture period, which dates back some 5,000 years, and the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771 B.C.), said Wang Xia, head of the excavation team, adding that the Tangbei site offers rich archaeological evidence of this period.

The Tangbei site has a large area and a long time span, and it is of great significance for archaeologists to study the origin of civilization within the local area, noted Xu Lianggao, a researcher with the Institute of Archaeology under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Enditem

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